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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 10
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,025 head
▼ 1,238 vs last sale 2,263▼ 511 vs year ago 1,536 · −33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 66▼ 9 vs year ago 41 · −22.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $304.91/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −155.85 against this barn's trailing median of $460.76.
Average price
$304.91
72 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$28.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.49
vs KY average
−33.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556311.311,73047
Medium and Large 2540296.611,60118thin
Medium and Large 2-3556283.271,5747thin
One grade step is worth $28.04/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale72 hd
304.91
—
KY average24 barns · 1,060 hd
308.39
−3.49
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−33.76
This barn, trailing median33 sales
460.76
−155.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
516461407352median 460.7603/0304/2806/2309/0111/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.97, low $366.49, median $460.76 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,688154.352,6054thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,531137.542,1055thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,231131.341,61710
CowsLean 85-90%Average970116.501,1301thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,365156.002,1291thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,268197.472,5042thin

Every lot

122 lots · USDA AMS · Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320361.19/cwt360.00–362.501,1562
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,1641
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2561
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,1592
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386383.35/cwt381.00–385.001,4807
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422371.75/cwt361.00–376.001,5697
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy428385.03/cwt380.00–390.001,6482
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,4451
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy450354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,5938
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3467316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,4762
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475321.86/cwt319.00–330.001,52916
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,6842
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy517340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7582
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520313.10/cwt302.50–320.001,62815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523298.36/cwt296.00–300.001,56012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523286.27/cwt284.00–290.001,4973
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573293.12/cwt290.00–296.001,6806
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580281.02/cwt280.00–284.001,6304
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581307.03/cwt299.50–314.001,78428
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3612262.63/cwt260.00–263.001,6078
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624285.73/cwt278.00–294.001,78319
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626300.69/cwt296.00–304.001,88220
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628270.68/cwt270.00–272.001,7003
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8204
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664266.36/cwt258.00–274.001,76944
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680251.66/cwt250.00–255.001,7113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721266.59/cwt265.00–267.501,9228
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726258.23/cwt250.00–266.001,87525
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2729244.93/cwt242.00–248.001,7864
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3765236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8051
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769249.51/cwt244.50–257.001,91925
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2777233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8102
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825245.63/cwt240.00–254.002,02626
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9211
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860240.49/cwt230.00–245.002,06817
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2921235.01/cwt223.00–241.002,1643
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added962246.50/cwt246.50–246.502,37157
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,000216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,1601
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,020198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,0201
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,145203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,3241
Steers1250–1300Medium and Large 1-21,273201.49/cwt200.00–203.002,5652
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2226324.67/cwt317.50–332.507345
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315292.97/cwt291.00–295.009232
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,0041
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331335.99/cwt327.50–341.001,1128
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,3031
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378303.38/cwt300.00–307.001,1472
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380331.24/cwt326.00–340.001,25913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,1101
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy401312.99/cwt311.00–317.001,2553
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412295.90/cwt290.00–302.001,21911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3432275.68/cwt272.00–280.001,1913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474287.46/cwt279.00–296.001,36347
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478271.38/cwt270.00–275.001,2978
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy482309.51/cwt304.00–317.501,4923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515291.94/cwt290.00–293.001,5033
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3516255.27/cwt251.00–259.001,31710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529273.06/cwt265.00–283.001,44431
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529262.61/cwt260.00–264.001,3898
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3561251.80/cwt251.00–255.001,4135
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6199
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569261.52/cwt251.00–267.001,48832
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6233
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2611236.49/cwt235.00–237.001,4454
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630252.84/cwt243.00–259.001,59340
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3633229.49/cwt229.00–230.001,4532
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670251.49/cwt242.00–255.501,68550
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6071
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720247.66/cwt247.00–248.001,7833
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736236.21/cwt225.00–240.001,73921
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6311
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6491
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812223.08/cwt215.00–227.001,8118
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2820203.52/cwt203.00–205.001,6694
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added835236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9716
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3860195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6771
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2897210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8842
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2905185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6741
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,8981
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2953219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,0874
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3975190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8531
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,015189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,9181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2218355.29/cwt350.00–360.007752
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2277353.12/cwt347.50–362.509783
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2051
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2312382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,1932
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,1302
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358331.02/cwt330.00–332.001,1852
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy383383.93/cwt380.00–389.001,4703
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2383355.13/cwt348.00–367.001,3606
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3395320.50/cwt320.00–321.001,2662
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3405328.73/cwt327.50–330.001,3312
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416394.83/cwt394.00–396.001,6425
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2472315.98/cwt309.00–324.001,4919
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2489306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,4966
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3971
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3515270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521291.49/cwt285.00–300.001,5196
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4851
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2552290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6015
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy565306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,7291
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3577260.01/cwt259.00–261.001,5006
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2617254.57/cwt245.00–260.001,57111
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672250.63/cwt246.00–255.001,6846
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2726230.41/cwt221.00–235.001,6733
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2756231.97/cwt228.00–236.001,7547
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2806206.67/cwt204.00–208.001,6663
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2992224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,2222
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3881
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3885177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,5661
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,268197.47/cwt196.00–199.002,5042
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,365156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,1291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,688154.35/cwt150.00–158.002,6054
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,1301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,133123.50/cwt120.50–125.001,3993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265144.48/cwt144.00–145.001,8282
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,270149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,8921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,277130.78/cwt127.50–135.001,6705
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,596134.67/cwt132.50–136.502,1494

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.